The tale is familiar as time. A young beautiful maiden is grieving for the loss of her mother. Her doting father is desperate to give his daughter a new mother. However, the girl's new stepmother is cold, cruel and selfish and when her husband dies, she makes the girl a servant in her own home.
I love books that retell classic story with a twist. However, I was quite disappointed in this novel and found it to be boring. There was no special twist or an interesting moment in the entire story. I am not sure if its because I didn't read the other books in the series but, after reading this novel I don't think I would ever pick up the other books.
**Disclosure - I received a free copy of the book in exchange for my honest opinion**
About the Book
Author: Serena Valentino
Pub. Date: July 6, 2021
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Pages: 304
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This
was supposed to be her happily ever after...
It’s a familiar tale: A kind and beautiful young girl, reeling from loss. A
doting father, frantic to bring a mother’s love back into his daughter’s life.
And the selfish, cruel woman who insinuates herself into that family―a woman so
unfeeling, so cold hearted, that when her new husband dies, she makes the girl
a servant in her own home.
But who is that evil stepmother, that icy lady of the house? How did she become
so closed off that, in the face of a child’s grief, she thought only to seek
wealth and power for herself and her abhorrent daughters? Before that fateful
ball, before the glass slipper and the prince, there was another story―a story
of love and grief, of hope and of dreams dashed. It is the story of Lady
Tremaine.
Even the coldest of villains are sometimes wives and mothers, women who loved
and lost and hoped for something grander for their lives . . . once upon a
dream.
The latest novel in Serena Valentino’s deliciously devious Villains series
introduces the most famed and hated wicked stepmother of them all―but turns
everything you know about her on its head.
GRAB ALL THE VILLAINS BOOKS NOW!
About Serena:
Serena
Valentino has
been weaving tales that combine mythos and guile for the past decade. She has
earned critical acclaim in both the comic and horror domains, where she is
known for her unique style of storytelling, bringing her readers into
exquisitely frightening worlds filled with terror, beauty, and extraordinary
protagonists. The books in her best-selling Villains series
are best enjoyed when read in the following order: Fairest of All, The
Beast Within, Poor Unfortunate Soul, Mistress of All
Evil, Mother Knows Best, Odd Sisters, Evil
Thing, and Cold Hearted.
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